Zanaki

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Zanaki are a small Bantu-speaking ethnic group in northern Tanzania, historically known as the people of King Nyerere, father of Tanzania’s first president Julius Nyerere.

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Label Occurrences
Zanaki canonical 12

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Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWith formation of modern Tanzania through Julius Nyerere ⓘ
autonym Zanaki ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Tanzania ⓘ
countryOfCitizenshipMajority Tanzania ⓘ
culturalRegion Great Lakes region of Africa ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Tanzania ⓘ
ethnicMinorityIn Tanzania ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Bantu ⓘ
linked to: Bantu peoples
hasOralTradition strong oral history about King Nyerere ⓘ
historicalSignificance ancestral group of Tanzania’s first president ⓘ
knownFor being the people of King Nyerere ⓘ
historical association with Julius Nyerere ⓘ
language Zanaki language ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
languageStatus minority language in Tanzania ⓘ
linguisticClassification Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
linguisticSubgroup Bantu languages (Narrow Bantu) ⓘ
linked to: Narrow Bantu

Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
locatedIn Mara Region ⓘ
locatedNear Lake Victoria ⓘ
nationalContext one of the many ethnic groups of Tanzania ⓘ
notablePerson Julius Nyerere ⓘ
partOf Bantu-speaking peoples of East Africa ⓘ
populationSize small ethnic group ⓘ
region northern Tanzania ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
subregion East Africa ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
cattle herding ⓘ
traditionalRuler King Nyerere ⓘ
linked to: Julius Nyerere
usesScript Latin script (for written Zanaki language) ⓘ

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